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[Hiatal hernia after esophagectomy].
Khirurgiia (Mosk)
November 2024
Herzen Moscow Oncology Research Institute, Moscow, Russia.
Objective: To analyze the causes and surgical treatment of hiatal hernia after esophagectomy, technical features of surgery and methods of prevention.
Material And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the incidence of postoperative hiatal hernias after esophagectomy in patients with esophageal cancer between 2018 and 2023. Structure of hernias, surgical options and postoperative results were assessed.
An adult case of large defect of small mesenteric hiatal hernia causing small bowel obstruction.
Surg Case Rep
October 2024
Hiratsuka City Hospital, 1-19-1 Minamihara, Hiratsuka-Shi, Kanagawa, 254-0065, Japan.
Background: Small mesenteric hiatal hernias (SMHHs) are defined as a small group of internal hernias (IHs) that frequently diagnosed in children. However, SMHHs are relatively rare in adults. Bowel loop herniation via an abnormal mesenteric defect can lead to strangulated intestinal obstruction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSuccessful Hiatal Hernia Repair in a 95-Year-Old Patient: A Case Report.
Cureus
September 2024
Thoracic Surgery, Pulmonary Hospital "Odrodzenie", Zakopane, POL.
Article Synopsis
- - A sliding hiatal hernia is common, especially in older adults, but its incarceration is rare and requires urgent surgery if it occurs.
- - A case involving a 95-year-old woman showed she had a giant sliding incarcerated hiatal hernia causing thoracic pain, which was diagnosed using X-ray and CT scans.
- - After confirming the hernia strangulation, surgeons performed a successful laparotomy and Nissen fundoplication, allowing the patient to recover well despite the complexities of surgery in elderly patients.
Paraesophageal Hernias with Perforation.
Thorac Surg Clin
November 2024
Thoracic Surgery, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health, Livingston, NJ, USA. Electronic address:
Article Synopsis
- Acute gastric volvulus is a serious stomach problem that causes intense stomach pain, vomiting, and trouble putting a tube down your throat.
- It can get really dangerous if the stomach twists too much and gets cut off from blood supply or breaks open.
- It’s super important to diagnose it quickly, using special scans, and may require surgery to fix the issue and make sure everything is okay again.
Acute Gastric Volvulus: A Rare Complication of Hiatal Hernia.
Cureus
August 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, USA.
Article Synopsis
- - Gastric volvulus is a rare condition involving the rotation of the stomach and is caused by congenital or acquired factors, mostly seen in children and the elderly.
- - Early diagnosis is crucial because delayed recognition can lead to serious complications like ischemia, strangulation, and septic shock, which can be fatal.
- - A case study highlights a 71-year-old man who was initially thought to have gastroenteritis but developed acute gastric volvulus, requiring urgent surgery, adding to the limited knowledge on this issue in older adults.
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